Patch Management User Guide for HP-UX 11.x Systems

Examples of installing patches from a depot
To install all applicable patches in the directory depot /my_depots/depot on the local system,
use this command:
For example:
$ swinstall -s /my_depots/depot \
-x autoreboot=true -x patch_match_target=true
======= 05/03/04 14:07:16 MDT BEGIN swinstall SESSION
(non-interactive) (jobid=my_system-0856)
* Session started for user "some_user@my_system".
* Beginning Selection
* Target connection succeeded for "my_system:/".
* Source connection succeeded for "my_system:/my_depots/depot".
* Source: /my_depots/depot
* Targets: my_system:/
* Software selections:
PHSS_30501.AGRM,l=/,r=B.11.11.22,
a=HP-UX_B.11.11_32/64,v=HP,fr=B.11.11.22,
fa=HP-UX_B.11.11_32/64
...
PHSS_30501.XEXT-RECORD,l=/,r=B.11.11.22,
a=HP-UX_B.11.11_32/64,v=HP,
fr=B.11.11.22,fa=HP-UX_B.11.11_32/64
* Selection succeeded.
* Beginning Analysis
* Session selections have been saved in the file
"/.sw/sessions/swinstall.last".
* The analysis phase succeeded for "my_system:/".
* Analysis succeeded.
NOTE: More information may be found in the agent logfile using the
command "swjob -a log my_system-0856 @ my_system:/".
======= 05/03/04 14:07:22 MDT END swinstall SESSION
(non-interactive) (jobid=my_system-0856)
To select and install specific patches from a depot, use this command:
swinstall -x autoreboot=true -s depot software_selections
Use the software_selections argument to specify which software to install. Using wildcards,
you can select multiple products for installation. For example:
• \* selects everything from the source depot.
• \*,c=patch selects all patches from the source depot.
• PHXX_12345 selects patch PHXX_12345 from the source depot.
To install a single patch, PHCO_28175, from directory depot /my_depots/a_depot, use this
command:
For example:
$ swinstall -x autoreboot=true -s /my_depots/a_depot PHCO_28175
======= 05/03/04 14:22:52 MDT BEGIN swinstall SESSION
(non-interactive) (jobid=my_system-0864)
* Session started for user "some_user@my_system".
* Beginning Selection
* Target connection succeeded for "my_system:/".
* Source connection succeeded for
"my_system:/my_depots/a_depot".
Installing patches from a depot 79